Once I was back in my big beefy God of War body, I headed back and found Firaga still hammering away on the de.
"Do you mind if I take a swing at it? I have some rough knowledge of smithing, but I think with what your System can do, I should be okay?" I suggested, and Firaga nodded, setting her hammer down as I switched back into my body that was still standing in the middle of the shop.
I walked over to grab the metal de, but I couldn''t close my hand around it. My hand would close, but it hovered an inch from the metal.
"Huh? Omega! Come here for a minute!" I called out, and Brad Pitt walked out of the nearest wall.
"You act like I am not doing anything else, and I can juste at your beck and call!" Omegained, and I narrowed my eyes.
"You weren''t doing anything, so I didn''t interrupt you. Now, why can''t I grab this?" I asked, and Omega groaned.
"It is mutainium, the opposite of systeminium, and you are the heart of Tiamat. Consider yourself the central figure for all systeminium, and mutainium is the opposite. Until you acquire the heart of Alpha, the metal will repel you," Omega exined, and I narrowed my eyes.
"Why can the others touch it?"
"They are not you, and they are not Darkar. If you had one of the male Dracos here, you would see that it is the same for them," Omega exined, and I sighed.
"Well, I guess I can''t do anything to help you out with this Firaga, sorry," I said, turning to her, but she wasn''t where I hadst seen her.
I turned around, and she was pulling the Chimera de off Kratos''s back.
"That is fine; let''s work on this. I want to see what will happen," Firaga said as she brought the dragon-scaled green over to arge open table that had nothing on it.
"Do you need me for anything else?" Omega asked, and I turned back to him.
"Yes, for you to actually work! I can tell when you are sitting around, lost in thought. You can do that when we are out of this sr system! I shouldn''t have to tell you this, of all people," I growled, and Omega put up his hands.
"Yes, Yes. I have just been thinking about thest seven million years and what it really meant," Omega said defensively.
"Plenty of time to think when the work is done. You all put the world in this state, so you had damn well help get it back to something that resembles what it was. I may seem rxed, but I still hold all of you responsible for this mess, even if this was all part of some bigger n, got it?" I said, and Omega nodded and backed into the wall and disappeared.
"Don''t you think you are being harsh?" Firaga asked as I turned back around.
"Not at all. He was your leader, and this is where he brought you all. He does not get the option to sit around and consider past mistakes while everyone else is out working. You are in here trying to do the impossible; the other generals are training, and the rest that can are out helping to collect people. What is your leader doing? Reminiscing about past mistakes? Not on my watch," I said, and Firaga nodded.
"I guess when you put it that way, I can see why you acted the way you did with him. Omega is probably filled with regrets, but like you said, we don''t have time for that," Firaga said, and I nodded.
"Okay, what Systems are you cannibalizing?" I asked, and Firaga opened her menu and then passed it over to me.
[System Rune: Targeting: Chimera de.]
[System consumed:
Cinder System
Mango System
Pimple System
ttion System
Critic System
Y/N?]
"Well, I can see why these were picked, but that fart System might be a pretty funny one! I really hope that the System we are consuming doesn''t affect the oue," Iughed as I passed the screen back.
"Not from what I understand about it, but it is hard to say. Maybe we should try it on the other normal de first?" Firaga suggested, and I nodded.<novelnext></novelnext>
"That is probably a safer idea since all we can do is assume what it will do," I said as I walked over to Kratos and pulled therge curved great de, bringing it back to sit on the table.
Firaga moved beside the weapon and dragged her finger down the center of the de''s t side, and strange symbols appeared. I had never seen anything like them before, but I knew what they said.
"Wretched," I said, and Firaga looked up at me and nodded.
"Seems that the Systems do have an effect on runes," Firaga said, and I picked up the weapon.
The moment my hand touched it, all the information about it was in my mind. Wretched added a withering effect to the sword, causing anything it hit to gain wear and tear much faster.
"Interesting. This de can not make whatever it hits weaker and lessen durability. Pretty cool effect, but the effects are very minimal in its current state. I am not sure if it will level up on this de, but I will try it out tomorrow. Let''s take a couple of higher-level Systems for this next one, and try to pick one that has transformations, even if you have to pick one or two lower-level ones," I exined, and Firaga nodded as she walked around the table to the Chimera de.
Firaga paused for a moment and then brought up the same screen, but there were different Systems this time.
[System Rune: Targeting: Chimera de.]
[System consumed:
Orc System
Mouse System
Horse System
Demogorgon System
typus System
Y/N?]
"Nice, there are some good ones, but Demogorgon?! That has to be a pretty high-level system, right? That is the two-headed prince of Demons from Dnd. It can absorb others to gain more power and knowledge or even split a person''s personality! Pretty cool as long as it''s on your side," I said with augh, passing the screen back over.
"Do you not want me to use it then? I can find another, but I thought it might be good to get rid of this one, considering what it is and does, right?" Firaga asked, but I shook my head.
"No, go ahead and use it. That is a bit too scary to have anyone use it. I am sure there is some kind of bad side effect from using the System, so this is safer," I said, and Firaga nodded.
"Yes, this is a specific Viin system, but the Host always goes mad before it can be effective, and that is why Lenta is asleep now. She was forced to use it the entire time, and Omega couldn''t change the Systems like you can. The new Systems he gave to the captured spirits were random, as you can see with some of them, but they all change slightly depending on the. If there is still a spirit on the, or Annokale as you call us, the Systems change to match the environment," Firaga exined.
"Are there a lot of Systems like that? I mean, specifically for Viins or Heroes?" I asked, but Firaga shook her head.
"No, I can only think of a handful, and I have most of them. There are no Hero Systems, but there were before we came to this world. All of them became Viin Systems," Firaga exined, and I sighed.
"Well, that sucks, but it just means I will have to make some. I was really hoping that we might have a few, but that is asking for too much!" Iughed and then looked back to the Chimera de. "Let''s see what happens with this one."
Firaga nodded and dragged her finger down the de. As she did, five sets of runes appeared, each of them saying the names of the Systems.
"Hey! Now that is interesting!" Eximed with excitement as I picked the scaled, curved de up.
Immediately, the info came to me, and each of the five creatures had been added to the transformation list. Some of them would be more useful than others, but I was curious about one of them.
"I am going to switch over and try out the weapon. Do you minding with me outside? I don''t know what is going to happen when I try the Demogorgon," I exined, and Firaga nodded.
"I think that is a good idea. Thest thing we need is for you to go crazy," Firagaughed, and I nodded, closing my eyes.
I opened them again, and I walked over and took the massive green de out of my hand. There was nothing that felt evil about the weapon, but it was always better to be safe than sorry when testing out new things.